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Canned Soup is convenient but not always safe!

As a current college student this is very good to know, we usually go for the food that is most convenient (not time consuming and easy to make). -Aliyah, Neon Tommy

If you're looking for a hearty meal to warm you up as the temperature drops this winter, you may want to put down that can of soup and back away slowly.

Researchers at Harvard found that people who ate canned soups for five days in a row had 1,200 times as much of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in their bodies as those who ate fresh soups.

BPA has been linked to a wide array of health issues such as reproductive abnormalities, cancer, diabetes and heart disease, and is used in the lining of canned foods.

READ MORE HERE: Take Part

#canned food #soup #health #food #@Lee_FASA

Too much food when other people are starving

I've long believed that chefs can radically reduce food waste by planning better, prepping less food, and donating leftovers, in that order. Other strategies, such as "tray-less dining," help in "all you care to eat" settings, such as college dining halls. I recently decided to put my beliefs to the test. In doing so, I realized the limitations of my good intentions and how tough it can sometimes be to put ideas into practice.

I attended a chefs' competition -- a real one, without squadrons of makeup artists, predetermined "secret" ingredients, or unseen hours of washing and prepping ingredients -- for Bon Appétit Management Company chefs. This semiannual Northern California Chefs Exchange started at 7 a.m. with a butchery demonstration, followed by a farmers' market trip and then a tutorial on artisanal tofu making. By noon, the 32 chefs I accompanied on their morning journey were as hungry to compete with each other as they were to eat each others' creations......

Food waste happens, especially when feeding a crowd. Fewer guests show up at events than expected, an inexperienced chef or host that genuinely wants to demonstrate generosity orders far too much food. But donating leftovers has its complications too, even with the best of intentions at play. Most agencies want familiar food, not "fancy food." And like the rest of the population, they want meat. For those of us on the giving end, it's important to experience our embarrassments -- and get over them. Reducing food waste is critically important for humanitarian and environmental reasons, but donating prepared food has its challenges. Perhaps this means we need to work harder at not having so many leftovers in the first place.

READ ENTIRE ARTICLE HERE: The Atlantic

#leftovers #food #restaurants #@Lee_FASA

Any Special dishes for Thanksgiving today?

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!- Aliyah, Neon Tommy

Turkey and Ham are the main dishes for the holiday but these vegan and vegetarian meals sound tasty as well:

MAIN DISH OPTIONS

Butternut Squash With Whole Wheat, Wild Rice, & Onion Stuffing

Butternut Squash and Mixed Mushroom Lasagna

Winter Squash Stuffed with Mashed Potatoes and Peas

Millet-Stuffed Golden Squashes

“Three Sisters” Stew

Pueblo Corn Pie

Lentil and Mushroom Shepherd’s Pie

Quick Black Bean and Sweet Potato Chili

Black Bean and Zucchini Tortilla Casserole

Hearty Vegetable Pot Pie

Tempeh Stew with Wine and Shiitake Mushrooms

Thanksgiving Torte (with wild rice, mushrooms, and nuts)

SEASONAL SALADS

Jicama Coleslaw

Jicama Salad with Oranges and Watercress

Jerusalem Artichoke Salad with Greens and Herbs

Cranberry Slaw

Mixed Greens with Apples, Carrots, and Pickled Beets

Spinach, Orange, and Red Cabbage Salad

Pear and Toasted Walnut Salad with Cranberry Vinaigrette

Source: VegKitchen

#@Lee_FASA #Vegetarian #meals #thanksgiving #vegan #food

Pizza is a Vegetable?

Thought this was a little funny- Aliyah, Neon Tommy

From comedian Mark Russell*

No dessert until you finish your tomato paste.

The push to limit pizza in school lunch programs has been derailed in Congress by members who classify tomato paste as a vegetable. Who says this is a do-nothing Congress?

Their true quote: “An eighth of a cup of tomato paste has the nutritional value of a half-cup of vegetables and when mixed with water for pizza sauce, more of a vegetable is created.”

Right. And when you add cheese, pepperoni and sausage — voila! — you have a healthy fruit salad.

* c/o Tribune Media Services, 2225 Kenmore Ave., Suite 114, Buffalo, NY 14207.

SOURCE: Food Politics

#pizza #vegetables #food #@Lee_FASA

Burgers made in the science lab EWWW!

America’s love affair with meat shows no sign of abating, but as the monetary and ecological costs of factory farming rise, science is swooping in with a solution: cultured meat. Yep, we’re talking about meat grown in petri dishes. Goodbye, barns, hello labs.

Though the technology has been bounced around since 2005, Reuters suggests scientists might have actual cultured meat produced within the next year. And like most new technology, it won’t be cheap. Mark Post, a vascular biologist at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, told Reuters he estimates the first lab-grown burger will cost about $350,000 to produce. (Obviously, costs will drop with time if demand grows.)

READ MORE HERE: Small Bites

#sweetner #artificial #@Lee_FASA

School Soda Ban...effective?

This week, various media outlets reported on a studywhich concluded that school soda bans are ineffective; or, as as The Chicago Tributeput it — ‘School Soda Bans Don’t Cut Kids’ Consumption’. This not only frames the issue incorrectly, but also blames “ineffective bans” for problems they were never intended to correct.

According to the study in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, “among eighth graders, state bans on all sugar-sweetened drinks in schools meant fewer kids reported buying the drinks there — but it didn’t change how many of them said they drank soda or sports drinks regularly.”

My response: “so?” Schools are only responsible for what happens on school grounds. The fact that children are otherwise barraged with soda advertisements (and that these drinks are artificially cheap) goes beyond the scope of this particular intervention.

Source: Small Bites

#soda #schools #children #bans #@Lee_FASA

People Infected with Salmonella Strain

A total of 136 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg were reported from 34 states with illness onset dates between February 27 and September 13, 2011. The number of ill persons identified in each state was as follows: Alabama (1), Arkansas (1), Arizona (3), California (7), Colorado (4), Connecticut (1), Georgia (2), Illinois (16), Indiana (2), Iowa (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (1), Massachusetts (4), Maryland (1), Michigan (12), Minnesota (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri (7), Nebraska (2), Nevada (1), New Jersey (1), New York (3), North Carolina (4), Ohio (12), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (8), South Dakota (3), Tennessee (2), Texas (18), Utah (1), Vermont (1), and Wisconsin (4).

Source: Marler Blog

#salmonella #infections #food #outbreaks #@Lee_FASA